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A Future We Would Welcome - How We Measure Up
 An Update on the Recommendations of Florida State University’s
Commissions on the Future
  VII. Increase private-sector partnerships Recommendation VII
    Since the Commission report first came out, FSU has continually increased our efforts and continues to forge strong relationships with state and federal governments, organizations and industry on issues of mutual interest. 
    For instance, FSU and the U.S. Navy have teamed up with private corporations to research and develop the next-generation all-electric ship.  Admiral Cohen, who directs the Office of Naval Research, has told me that this project may well be more significant than our Mag Lab.
    The university also has joined forces with the University of West Florida on project to assist the Chief of Naval Education and Training in a mission to educate sailors.
    FSU is a member of a team of research institutions selected by the U.S. Department of Energy to operate Oak Ridge National Laboratory. The team’s goals include strengthening the nation’s leadership in key areas of science national defense, among others.
    We expect that collaborative research between FSU, the University of Florida and the University of Miami will lead to better dissemination of climate information to farmers and better decision-making in the agricultural industry.
    Another good example of partnerships is the team effort by FSU and four other Southern universities to find more effective ways to predict and deal with extreme weather conditions.
    We have a new partnership with A.D. Little to provide delivery systems in distance learning to the IRS, and we are waiting anxiously for an announcement from the U.S. Navy about its competition to select distance learning providers.
    The most significant involvement with private entities has been the licensing of Taxol to Bristol Myers Squibb. While we are obviously pleased with the revenue that has been generated to fund this university, particularly the Eppes Scholars, I know that Dr. Holton’s great joy and our pride comes from the knowledge that many lives have been saved and prolonged because of this great discovery.
    FSU’s Office of Research, an office that works as a catalyst for partnering opportunities, is hiring personnel to focus specifically on finding new relationships with external entities.  These new positions will help FSU to create the kind of relationships that will make our research better utilized and our researchers better known nationally.
    Finally, the Commissions told us that, to reach our goal, we must:  
  Recommendation VIII Part VI
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